Take a closer look at the Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster.
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Roller coasters typically have two rails, which can sometimes make for a rickety ride. If that bothers you, a new coaster in the works at Six Flags Fiesta Texas may either delight or terrify you—or perhaps both. The San Antonio park is constructing the Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster, which will be the first single-rail roller coaster that runs on IBox track, reports USA Today.

It will glide along a 15.5-inch-wide steel track, allowing for turns that are both "extremely quick" and "crazy smooth," says a Six Flags engineer, who makes a distinction between the coaster and slow-paced "monorail" systems. The coaster, which will climb a hill 113 feet high and hit 52mph, is due to open next spring.

a baseball game lasts much longer, has just as little meaning, will be remembered less well, the price gives greater bragging rights and you can gorge yourself simultaneously on a mixture of salt, sugar, saturated fat and chemicals named only as initials (an obscenely priced hot dog). The baseball game has it all

el_duderino

Aug 4, 2017 12:30 PM CDT

Meh. Anyone remember the bobsled ride at Great Adventure (NJ) in the 1980s? I'd say that would qualify for the world's first single track roller coaster. I guess you can also count those alpine slides that you see at some ski resorts that want to attract visitors when there's no snow, although those use the natural terrain instead of building a frame to raise the tracks.